Category Archives: WJTV
Two women injured in Jones County crash
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Two women were injured after a two-vehicle crash in Jones County on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Jones County deputies said the crash happened on Magnolia Road in the Powers Comm...
May 03, 2022
Angie Thomas surprises student with scholarship to Belhaven University
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Author and producer Angie Thomas surprised a high school senior with a full-ride scholarship to Belhaven University, which is her alma mater. Dee Holden was surprised with the ...
May 03, 2022
Sheriff to officer who vanished with inmate: 'Get back here'
(NewsNation) - The nationwide manhunt for an inmate charged with capital murder and a corrections officer believed to have played a role in his escape was intensifying Monday night. Representatives fr...
May 03, 2022
'You don't treat anybody or any animals like that': Parents charged with murder in daughter's gruesome death
SLAUGHTER, La. (BRPROUD) - The parents of a woman who died on their couch after what appears to be years of abuse are being charged with second-degree murder. A grand jury in East Feliciana made the c...
May 03, 2022
Body found inside home on Baker Street in Jackson
Update: The Hinds County coroner released updated information about the case. The following article has been changed to reflect the new information. JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a s...
May 03, 2022
Bathrobe bandit steals $14k diamond ring from jewelry store
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - Police are looking for a man who was wearing a bathrobe when he stole a 7-carat diamond ring from a Southaven jewelry store Friday afternoon. Employees at Robert Irwin Jewelers on G...
May 03, 2022
Draft ruling shows Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: report
(The Hill) - The Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that protects the federal right to abortion, according to a draft majority opinion published Monday eveni...
May 02, 2022
Jackson 14-year-old killed in shooting on Sedgwick Court
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities are investigating after a a 14-year-old was shot and killed in Jackson. The shooting happened on Saturday, April 30 on Sedgwick Court. The Hinds County coroner iden...
May 02, 2022
Court date changed for woman accused of killing rooster
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WJTV) - A court date for Kendra Shaffer, the woman accused of killing Carl the Rooster, has been changed to Wednesday, May 25. The Sun Herald reported the original date was set f...
May 02, 2022
Louisiana deputies arrest Mississippi man for Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile; drove to Vidalia to see victim
VIDALIA, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- On Sunday, May 1, 2022, the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office Cyber Crime Unit began an investigation into an adult subject, who contacted what believed to be a child onlin...
May 02, 2022